Crawls the web, in Minnesota

Minn. Stat. §§ 609.87, 609.89 · Read the law's page

• Do not intentionally access, or cause to be accessed, a computer, computer system or computer network without the owner's permission or a claim of right for the purpose of obtaining services or property, which include computer time, data processing and storage functions and electronically processed or produced data.
• Do not intentionally and without authorization or claim of right copy computer software or electronic data and then use, alter, transfer, retain or publish it, and do not retain copies of it beyond your authority.
• Do not continue to access a computer beyond a limit the owner has set by actual notice given orally or in writing, by a written notice posted in a prominent location adjacent to the computer, or by a notice displayed on or announced by the computer.

Minn. Stat. § 609.891 · Read the law's page

• A public page behind no login, access code, or other computer security system has nothing for you to penetrate under this statute's own terms, though no Minnesota court has confirmed this reading.
• Defeating a login or other computer security system, meaning a program or device intended to protect the confidentiality and secrecy of data, to access a Minnesota-connected computer system is what this statute targets.

Minn. Stat. §§ 325M.10-325M.14 (2024 c 121, art. 5) · Read the law's page

• Personal data that is lawfully made available through a government record or widely distributed media, or that a controller reasonably believes the consumer lawfully made public, falls outside the MCDPA's definition of personal data.
• If you profile a Minnesota consumer's data for a decision with legal or similarly significant effect, be prepared to answer the consumer's questions about why the profiling reached that result and what they could have done differently, not merely to honor an opt-out request.
• There is no private right of action under this Act; only the Minnesota Attorney General enforces it.